You Have to Know How to Spell Internet Marketer to be One!

same here, but overall I'm loving it... I write constantly, but I find I can churn them out faster with Dragon. I'm finding that I'll also (occasionally) type in a word that I can't get it understand. Finished an aritcle earlier, and on proofing found... "scratch that", multiple times... Shannon, you know what I mean there.

Yep...mispelled words are common for internet marketers to use. This takes advatage of everyone who misspells common words.

Email is a bit different and should be scrutinized a bit more. But spell check does not catch all the grammar errors...so if it is really important make sure you read it a couple of times.

I have never purchased from anyone who doesn't take the time to correct their grammatical and spelling errors. I feel that if you function poorly in that department, your product is just as bad.

If you can't spell, I don't see how you can possibly teach. There are many, many, people out there that feel the same way. Are you losing their business?

Dixie

I'm reminded of the words of Mark Twain, who said "I don't give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way"

That's not to imply that I don't give a damn about any of you, only that I don't understand why so many of you seem to "care" about spelling mistakes. Especially those of you who would make it a deciding factor when considering a product purchase.

The skills of spelling, typing without error, and proofreading have little to do with the skill of making money online. The same goes for the skill of teaching others to make money online.

I very much doubt that the best spellers are also the best teachers. Conversely, I doubt that the worst spellers are the worst teachers. I also doubt that there is a correlation

If the concern is that marketing containing spelling errors is indicative of a marketer who doesn't "care" (whatever that means) or "take the time" to proofread I would say that of all the things I might want a marketer to take the time to do or care about before marketing to me, proofreading is very low on that list

Feel free to point out and lambaste me for any mistakes in this post...I certainly haven't tried to find them

Edit: Damn, several people beat me to it while I was writing

I must be the exception. I have dyslexia and I mispell a lot. Even when I have proof readers go through my ebooks / products they dont' always catch everything. Yet my bottomline continues to grow. Oh weell.....

RoD

Al is completely right. I learned this the hard way...

Back in my Nortel days we were doing a massive audit and my team had misplaced 2 ATM switches (oh about $100K worth of equipment!).

We finally tracked them down, so in my next presentation to my boss, his boss, and the rest of team, I threw up my slide on which I had written

* All Big Assets found.


or so I'd thought....When everyone started laughing I turned around to see that I had indeed spelled things correctly - including the word ... ASSES.....

Just because a word is spelled correctly does not mean its the correct word!

--Jack

Well, I guess you all told me!

Sorry. It seems that I ruffled a few feathers. It was just my opinion. I thought this forum was a place where we could exchange ideas and opinions. I certainly didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings or make anyone angry.

It is just my belief that one should take pride in one's work, whatever that work might be. I had a professor who drummed that message into his students, and as a result, I graduated with a degree in English with a 4.0 average. It's hard to break old habits.

I also write articles for a couple of magazines and my local newspaper. As a freelancer, I have learned to check every word and phrase before submitting anything before the public, because spellcheck will not catch misused words. I'm sure those who pay me would quit printing my material if I turned in sloppy work. That's an income I don't care to lose.

...but it is only my opinion. In closing, I will quote a phrase from my dear departed grandmother:

"Opinions are just like noses. Everybody has one, and there are no two exactly alike."

Dixie

NewbiesDiary - "While we're on the subject should we talk about grammer - you can't start a sentence with "But" - I'm sure that would upset some people too, but hey - you did."

I got news... you shouldn't end a sentance with "for", either.

The other day I went to a "Healer" and she gave me a potion that would let me make love to my wife for the first time in years.

All I had to do was drink it and say the magic words "1, 2, 3" and I was good to go for an all nighter. I asked the healer how to end the effects once I was done and she said I just needed to get my wife to say "1, 2, 3, 4".

I went home, drank the potion, took one look at my beautiful wife and said "1, 2, 3".

Then my wife asks me "What did you say 1, 2, 3, for?

I hate it when that happens.

KJ

Wow there is a lot of different opinion here on this topic. I suggest that those people who "profess" to be making a lot of money, even with lots of spelling errors, may be kidding themselves. This is a simple way to self-justify laziness.

I too am on the bandwagon that supports the "no purchase from iliterate sellers" policy. I look at it this way.... If the person selling the product cares enough about their image and reputation, they make sure that everything is in order. Obviously we are all human, and I certainly overlook one or two simple errors, especially when it comes to differences between countries, however it is not hard to establish those who have not given a toss about the copy on a sales page, and I just won't buy from anyone that doesnt show that care and dedication to their presentation.

I consider that if the level of attention to detail in their presenteation is filled with mistakes, this could be an indicator as to their ability to apply detail to me as a customer, the service I receive from them, and obvisouly the product they are trying to sell.

If I was selling hard products offline, I would not employ a sales rep who could not speak and communicate (written) in a legible fashion either.

For reasons I won't disclose here I recently conducted an online and offline survey, and the results were staggering to say the least. What it boiled down to is that from all business people who had an active web prescence in a professional capacity, more than 96% said that they immediately fix any errors they find on their site. On the other side of the coin, 64% of people I asked, said they would NEVER buy anything from a site or a shop that gave the impression this (spelling errors) was evident. When asked why, the general response was "They don't have to, there are plenty of alternative sites that sell the same thing"

So to those people who have said they do well even with many spelling errors, (age appreciation accepted), sure you may do well, BUT my stats say that you are still losing more than half of the people that could or would become customers, due to your laziness.

What's quite amusing in this type of thread is to spot the spelling/grammar mistakes made in posts advocating good grammar/spelling. I noticed a 'grammer' and an 'iliterate' in this thread.

We all need to practiss wot we preech

Pearson

How are some facts about typos... all reported in the news:

* In Wellesley, Massachusetts, a bank teller literally laughed a would-be robber out of the bank because his holdup note contained a typo.

* In Canada, the courts decided a $2.13 million case according to where a comma was placed in a document.

* In Philadelphia, a judge cut a lawyer's fee in half because the lawyer's paperwork contained too many typos.

* In March 2008, Arkansas governor Mike Beebe had to call the state legislature into special session at a cost of $25,000 a day partly to deal with a typo that allowed infants to get married with their parents' consent.

Complete details on these and other typo stories:
www.yudkin.com/typos.htm

Enjoy!

Marcia Yudkin
Copywriting Coach
http://www.yudkin.com/become.htm